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Franco Tagliaro

Franco Tagliaro

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Chemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
6429
World Ranking
15806
National Ranking
583

Overview

Franco Tagliaro is affiliated with the University of Verona in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, focusing primarily on forensic and biomedical research. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, toxicology, biomedical engineering, pathology and forensic medicine, and insect science.

The main topics covered in Tagliaro's research include forensic toxicology and drug analysis, alcohol consumption and health effects, forensic entomology and diptera studies, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, zebrafish biomedical research applications, biosensors and analytical detection, and neurotransmitter receptor influence on behavior.

Frequent publication venues for Tagliaro include Medicine Science and the Law, Electrophoresis, Forensic Science International, Clinica Chimica Acta, and the International Journal of Legal Medicine.

Some of Tagliaro's recent papers are:

  • Vitreous humor endogenous compounds analysis for post-mortem forensic investigation, 2020, Forensic Science International
  • Comparative use of aqueous humour 1H NMR metabolomics and potassium concentration for PMI estimation in an animal model, 2020, International Journal of Legal Medicine
  • Paper-based microfluidic devices: On-site tools for crime scene investigation, 2021, TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
  • Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction, an effective tool for the determination of synthetic cannabinoids in oral fluid by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, 2020, Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis
  • PMI estimation through metabolomics and potassium analysis on animal vitreous humour, 2023, International Journal of Legal Medicine

Tagliaro has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Federica Bortolotti
  • Rossella Gottardo
  • Giacomo Musile
  • Svetlana A. Appolonova
  • Nadia Maria Porpiglia

Best Publications

  • Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) as a marker of alcohol abuse: A critical review of the literature 2001–2005

    Federica Bortolotti;Giorgia De Paoli;Franco Tagliaro

  • New challenges and innovation in forensic toxicology: focus on the "New Psychoactive Substances".

    Donata Favretto;Jennifer P. Pascali;Franco Tagliaro

  • Determination of morphine in the hair of heroin addicts by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorimetric detection.

    M. Marigo;F. Tagliaro;C. Poiesi;S. Lafisca

  • A brief introduction to capillary electrophoresis

    Franco Tagliaro;G Manetto;F Crivellente;Fp Smith

  • Capillary electrophoresis for the investigation of illicit drugs in hair: determination of cocaine and morphine

    F. Tagliaro;C. Poiesi;R. Aiello;R. Dorizzi

  • Chromatographic methods for blood alcohol determination

    F. Tagliaro;G. Lubli;S. Ghielmi;D. Franchi

  • Implementation and performance evaluation of a database of chemical formulas for the screening of pharmaco/toxicologically relevant compounds in biological samples using electrospray ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry.

    Aldo Eliano Polettini;Rossella Gottardo;Jennifer Pascali;Franco Tagliaro

  • Evaluation of four oral fluid devices (DDS®, Drugtest 5000®, Drugwipe 5+® and RapidSTAT®) for on-site monitoring drugged driving in comparison with UHPLC–MS/MS analysis

    Sabina Strano-Rossi;Erika Castrignanò;Luca Anzillotti;Giovanni Serpelloni

  • Hair analysis for illicit drugs by using capillary zone electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-ion trap mass spectrometry.

    Rossella Gottardo;Federica Bortolotti;Giorgia De Paoli;Jennifer Paola Pascali

  • Screening for synthetic cannabinoids in hair by using LC-QTOF MS: a new and powerful approach to study the penetration of these new psychoactive substances in the population.

    Rossella Gottardo;Daniela Sorio;Giacomo Musile;Elisa Trapani

  • Toward Worldwide Hepcidin Assay Harmonization: Identification of a Commutable Secondary Reference Material

    Lisa N van der Vorm;Jan C M Hendriks;Coby M Laarakkers;Siem Klaver

  • Simultaneous chiral separation of 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), 3‐4‐methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), 3,4‐methylenedioxyethylamphetamine (MDE), ephedrine, amphetamine and methamphetamine by capillary electrophoresis in uncoated and coated capillaries with native β‐cyclodextrin as the chiral selector: Preliminary application to the analysis of urine and hair

    Franco Tagliaro;Giulia Manetto;Silvana Bellini;Daniele Scarcella

  • Capillary zone electrophoresis and artificial neural networks for estimation of the post-mortem interval (PMI) using electrolytes measurements in human vitreous humour.

    G. Bocaz-Beneventi;F. Tagliaro;F. Bortolotti;G. Manetto

  • Chiral separation of 12 cathinone analogs by cyclodextrin-assisted capillary electrophoresis with UV and mass spectrometry detection

    Gustavo Merola;Gustavo Merola;Gustavo Merola;Hanzhuo Fu;Franco Tagliaro;Teodora Macchia

  • Determination of different recreational drugs in hair by HS-SPME and GC/MS.

    Gustavo Merola;Stefano Gentili;Franco Tagliaro;Teodora Macchia

  • Optimization of a simple method for the chiral separation of phenethylamines of forensic interest based on cyclodextrin complexation capillary electrophoresis and its preliminary application to the analysis of human urine and hair

    D. Scarcella;Franco Tagliaro;Stefania Turrina;G. Manetto

  • Screening for new psychoactive substances in hair by ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry

    Sabina Strano-Rossi;Sara Odoardi;Marco Fisichella;Luca Anzillotti

  • Hair analysis, a novel tool in forensic and biomedical sciences: new chromatographic and electrophoretic/electrokinetic analytical strategies

    F. Tagliaro;F.P. Smith;Z. De Battisti;G. Manetto;G. Manetto

  • Improved method for carbohydrate-deficient transferrin determination in human serum by capillary zone electrophoresis

    Federica Crivellente;Giulio Fracasso;Roberta Valentini;Giulia Manetto

  • Determination of illicit and/or abused drugs and compounds of forensic interest in biosamples by capillary electrophoretic/electrokinetic methods.

    Franco Tagliaro;Stefania Turrina;Paolo Pisi;F.P Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Salvatore Fanali
Salvatore Fanali Tbilisi State University
Marco Cattaneo
Marco Cattaneo University of Milan
Mario Plebani
Mario Plebani University of Padua
Simona Pichini
Simona Pichini Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Luca De Gioia
Luca De Gioia University of Milano-Bicocca
Marco A. Cassatella
Marco A. Cassatella University of Verona
Domenico Girelli
Domenico Girelli University of Verona
Giampiero Girolomoni
Giampiero Girolomoni University of Verona
Fabrizio Stocchi
Fabrizio Stocchi San Raffaele University of Rome
Anthony L. DeFranco
Anthony L. DeFranco University of California, San Francisco

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